Mike Davis

Imagine if he had been a billionaire, the good that he would have done. But even with what he – He did is he would resource a lot of young conservatives, give them stuff to do, help people out here and there. He had his Freedom Fellowship, and he would promote people. And that's something that in 2025, people take it for granted.

But there was no – if you were a young conservative, you couldn't really become politically active, and that is why – the right wing was losing the culture was, you know, there's all these purists who say, Oh, how dare people make money doing this? And it's like, great. Okay. Then you're 22, 23, you're a conservative. What do you do with all that energy? Well, you're not going to do politics.

But there was no – if you were a young conservative, you couldn't really become politically active, and that is why – the right wing was losing the culture was, you know, there's all these purists who say, Oh, how dare people make money doing this? And it's like, great. Okay. Then you're 22, 23, you're a conservative. What do you do with all that energy? Well, you're not going to do politics.

You're not going to do media. You're going to have to go do something else with your life. And then people go, why? And then those same people go, why do we lose the youth? Gosh, I, Wow, what a mystery, right? So Horowitz, he understood a lot. He went through a lot of the early cancel culture stuff because he was a little bit older. I feel like fell under the radar. Mastercard deplatformed him.

You're not going to do media. You're going to have to go do something else with your life. And then people go, why? And then those same people go, why do we lose the youth? Gosh, I, Wow, what a mystery, right? So Horowitz, he understood a lot. He went through a lot of the early cancel culture stuff because he was a little bit older. I feel like fell under the radar. Mastercard deplatformed him.

Yeah. So he was patient zero for the deplatforming. He had, you know, Jihad Watch. That was always getting attacked. The SPLC smeared him. And he withstood a lot of devastating hits, and he was always building people up. And then what also...

Yeah. So he was patient zero for the deplatforming. He had, you know, Jihad Watch. That was always getting attacked. The SPLC smeared him. And he withstood a lot of devastating hits, and he was always building people up. And then what also...

He understood, and I don't know why people don't understand this now, but he understood that if other causes are near and dear to your heart, the best thing that you can do is help young conservatives. Because then when you want to talk to them about a cause that's near and dear to your heart, they're willing to listen.

He understood, and I don't know why people don't understand this now, but he understood that if other causes are near and dear to your heart, the best thing that you can do is help young conservatives. Because then when you want to talk to them about a cause that's near and dear to your heart, they're willing to listen.

It doesn't mean that they're going to agree with you, but they're going to be willing to listen. So he wasn't a finger-wagging moralist, I think, in a way a lot of other people are these days.

It doesn't mean that they're going to agree with you, but they're going to be willing to listen. So he wasn't a finger-wagging moralist, I think, in a way a lot of other people are these days.

Right, that was interesting you bring up the Koch brothers because that was, again, a lot of people take this for granted because the Koch brothers were anti-MAGA. They funded all of these libertarian things, and everything before Horowitz was not about culture. It wasn't about the spiritual dimension. Everything was really just commerce.

Right, that was interesting you bring up the Koch brothers because that was, again, a lot of people take this for granted because the Koch brothers were anti-MAGA. They funded all of these libertarian things, and everything before Horowitz was not about culture. It wasn't about the spiritual dimension. Everything was really just commerce.

This is, again, in 2025, if you're new to politics, you don't understand that the GOP worshipped at the altar of money.

This is, again, in 2025, if you're new to politics, you don't understand that the GOP worshipped at the altar of money.

Yeah, Jihad Watch got him in all kinds of trouble. Robert Spencer, even though Robert and I get into it now and then, they understood these cultural issues. But yet the GOP people take it for granted. This is something we have to fight against even to this day. It primarily was the party of Moloch about money. We need unlimited free markets. We need open borders.

Yeah, Jihad Watch got him in all kinds of trouble. Robert Spencer, even though Robert and I get into it now and then, they understood these cultural issues. But yet the GOP people take it for granted. This is something we have to fight against even to this day. It primarily was the party of Moloch about money. We need unlimited free markets. We need open borders.

And who cares if your spiritual life suffers? And who cares if you have to move away from your family to get a job? We're just all economic widgets. And that was the prevailing orthodoxy that Horowitz was fighting against. And that's what Trump was fighting against.

And who cares if your spiritual life suffers? And who cares if you have to move away from your family to get a job? We're just all economic widgets. And that was the prevailing orthodoxy that Horowitz was fighting against. And that's what Trump was fighting against.

And recently, I enjoy making fun of Canadians mainly because I'm tired of certain high-profile Canadians coming to my country and then telling me that we need to tone it down. It's like, well, you just left Canada though. So maybe go back to Canada and fight for Canada.